Medical Definition of Trismus sardonicus

1. The semblance of a grin caused by facial spasm especially in tetanus. Synonym: canine spasm, cynic spasm, risus sardonicus, sardonic grin, spasmus caninus, trismus sardonicus. Origin: L. Risus, laugh + caninus, doglike (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trismus Sardonicus

triskele
triskeles
triskelia
triskelion
triskelion
triskelions
trismic
trismic
trismoid
trismus
trismus
trismuses
trismus dolorificus
trismus nascentium
trismus neonatorum
trismus sardonicus (current term)
trisnitrate
trisoctahedra
trisoctahedron
trisoctahedron
trisoctahedrons
trisodium
trisodium orthophosphate
trisodium phosphate
trisome
trisomes
trisomic
trisomic
trisomics
trisomies

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